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Corporate values gap - OpEd by Pamela Divinsky
Comment
Do corporate values even matter?

OPINION | The trust between corporations and citizens is broken. It can be rebuilt.

Finance
What the new global tax regime means for companies

Under the new global minimum tax, designed by the OECD, the world’s largest multinationals face a baseline tax rate no matter where they operate

Clearcut logging - Canada's 2 Billion Trees program
Natural Capital
Canada’s 2 Billion Trees program was troubled. Its loss still hurts.

Ottawa’s decision to scrap its ambitious-yet-flawed tree-planting program hits hard both for forest restoration and for Canadian tree nurseries

gas-powered data centre
Energy
The Wonder Valley data centre in Alberta would erase two decades of emissions reductions

Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s plans for a massive gas-powered data centre would raise Alberta’s emissions to levels not seen since the coal era

Climate
Disappointing support for COP30 forest protection fund not the last word

Climate groups, governments, development agencies and even some banks maintain hope that the trail-blazing fund can become a reality

Transportation
This Montreal start-up has a solution for range anxiety

By connecting drivers with private charging stations, ShareCharge and similar start-ups aim to make EVs a no-brainer

Parkland Refinery - Canada oil and gas investments at risk
Energy
Canadian oil and gas investments are vulnerable to a fast energy transition, research finds

If the world moves quickly to renewables, Canada’s fossil fuel sector would be deep underwater on new investments

Leadership
Meet the top 10 Canadian co-ops that report their sustainable impact

Cooperatives have a reputation for sustainability, but few are disclosing their sustainable revenue and investment

Education
Cooperatives are a huge part of the economy. So where’s the training?

This Montreal institute built the world’s largest digital library on co-ops to help solve the global shortage of cooperative business education

ClimateLeadership
Missed opportunities at COP30 overshadow win on climate adaptation

A bid by host nation Brazil to establish a “road map” for the world’s phaseout of fossil fuels did not materialize

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